Pessimistic and Derogatory English Place Names
A Canadian soldier in England notes a flood of bleak and mocking English place names such as Bad End and Frog Hole, contrasting general cheerfulness with local toponymic pessimism. He lists Sussex Kent border examples and cites the broader disdain for rats and mice in a separate bill, arguing extermination is justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Withal
Mount Pleasants
Bad End
Darwell Hole
Qld Hole
Sussex-Kent
Montreal Herald
Japanese Unveils New Religious Doctrine in Tokyo
The British Foreign Bible Society reports Japan has devised a new philosophical and mystical doctrine claiming unlimited beneficence over mind and body. Eighteen volumes explain its principles. Tokyo serves as the headquarters with daily lectures and demonstrations of spiritual healings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Lfe
British Foreign Bible Society
Tokyo
Must Have Had It All
Wry comment about an operation ends with the speaker joking the surgeon emptied all stock while under ether. The line captures a humorous, skeptical tone about medical bills and care. No other persons or organizations named in readable text.
The Easy Way Out and the Bolsheviks
W. C. Bullitt warned Bolshevik leaders face a dire period likely ending with them abandoning the movement. He compared their fate to two boys who overindulged in milk, then decided to drop the pitcher rather than face consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Bullitt
Mr. Bullitt
Joe
A Landlord Boasts 17 Years with No Tenant Complaints
The speaker claims to be a landlord for 17 years and asserts that no tenant complaints have been filed against them. The exchange adds a quoted motto contrasting luck and cause and effect.
New Jersey Items Span Services And Incidents
A compiled report from New Jersey towns notes Edison plant shutdowns due to coal shortages. Public Service Gas Co gains a rate of 1.15 per 1000 cubic feet. Bridgeton and Atlantic City enact new local commissions and governance steps. Reports cover deaths, licensing actions, campaigns, elections, and community events across Passaic, Millville, Trenton, Vineland, Pitman, Woodbury, and more with multiple court and city notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Village
Edison
Passaic
New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Public Service Gas Company
Bridgeton
City Park Commission
South Jersey
Atlantic City
Woodbury
Haddon Heights
Ocean City
M. E
Egg Harbor City
Albert Shellborn
Millville
Dill
John Mo
W. P. Brodie
Cleveland
Queenn City
Campbell
Rahway Reformatory
Arthur Rawlings
Ingersol
Rawlings
Vineland
M. BE
B. Goff, Jr
Philadelphia
Electric Company of New Jersey
Pysicians’ Protective Association
Trenton
Salem County
Pitman
Anna Wissell
North Sixty-second Street
Philadelphyaa
Gloucester County
Geover
Elizabeth Collins
Glasshoro
Charles Wissell
Camden
Collins
Trenton —County
Secretary of State
Edward I. Edwards
Newton A. K. Bugbee
Reyson
Bud
South Jersey Woodlands
Chamber of Commerce
Haddon
Merchantville
Haddon Township
Herbert A. Wells
Blaisdell Machine Works
Pancoast
Washington
East Orange
Federal Reserve Board
New Jersey
Federal Reserve System
Elzabethport Banking Company
Elizabethport
East Orange Bank
West New York
Elizabeth Schmitter
Milwaukee
Edmund Moffett
Wiliam Moore
Princeton
John Green
Green
Warren Street
Moore
Newark
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
George H. Dalyrmple
Harvey S. Hopkins
Newton
Burton A. Gaskill
Mays Landing
Charles A. Baker
Harrys. Pine
Joseph R. Deacon
Bordentown
Gloucester
American Legion
Henry M. Isvans
Joseph McHenry
N. A. Crews
Archie D. Grey
Edmund G. Whittington
William Springfield
L. H. Hogate
Cumberland County
Judge Fithian
Hogate
Port Norris
Cedarville
Firman M. Reeves
Cumberland County Firemen's Association
Athintic City
Glassboro
Council of the Daughters, of American
Star of Peace No. 80
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Memorial Building Fund
Pond Improvement Fund
Great Secret Out at Last Observing Intellect
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item muses on the person who names Pullman sleeping cars. It argues a misnamed genius is really a mirror writer with reversed brain coordination, citing a sleeper named Kilmwool from Cincinnati to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inobetta
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Kilmwool
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bedbug Demonstration Joke In Class Causes Laughter
A zoology class share a grim joke when a brother offers to bring a bedbug for a demonstration. He notes their father works in moving business and would see many of them, which the class finds morbidly humorous.
Spirits of camphor and weather lore in old notes
A fragment discusses camphor spirits as a weather indicator and muses on dress and crime livery, mixing superstition with casual reflection. The writing hints at storms and fair weather while posing a cryptic question about clothing signaling criminals.
Real Reason Why French Infantry Red Trousers Were Discarded
The piece traces how Napoleon launched madder cultivation for red trousers, but the Graebe Liebermann alizarin dye discovery shifted dye sources. From 1870 to 1878 madder production in France collapsed, forcing red trousers to be dyed with imported German dyes, seen as a symbolic German victory and tied to economic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Graebe-Liebermann
France
Germany
An Oversupply of Help Issues in the Orient
A returned traveler from India laments the nuisance of numerous servants. He recalls a trip to Bogglywallah where four servants attended his pipe: one to bring it, one to fill it, one to light it, and a fourth who smoked it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
India
Bogglywallah
Reds and Reds in Mockery of Bolsheviki Praise
A brief cartoon caption shows two figures asking who praises "the reds" with the reply Bolsheviki. The exchange frames a satirical view of supporters and opponents in a political moment.
A Sure Bet Contrasting Race Track Call In Brief
A brief exchange shows one person asking about a race track outcome. The other replies they did not attend, implying no result to report. The dialogue captures a humorous misalignment between expectation and action.
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Sey Wak
Castoria
Mpany
New York City
British Board of Agriculture
House of Parliament
Ife
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
Pennsville
Perember
Ckage
van Man
Clary
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